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Abolished in 2022, professional juries of music experts are returning in the semi-finals with expanded, more diverse panels that include young jurors aged 18 to 25.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Now at work on a monograph entitled Why Princeton Should Be Abolished, Harvardman Gould explained: "Most present-day publishers are illiterate and also from Princeton."

From Time Magazine Archive

Abolished was that butt of many jests, the National Screw Thread Commission created in 1918 to standardize nuts & bolts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abolished all estate taxes and reduced those of 1921 rates.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abolished during the reign of Mary, it was restored by Queen Elizabeth, 1559, with a few alterations.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous